Difficult Years
Drama
★ 7.8/1019481h 50m
Director: Luigi Zampa
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
Runtime
1h 50m
Language
Italian
Released
Dec 28, 1948
Runtime
1h 50m
Language
Italian
Released
Dec 28, 1948
Cast
Umberto Spadaro
Aldo Piscitello
Ave Ninchi
Rosina Piscitello
Enzo Biliotti
Enzo Biliotti
Il podestà
Massimo Girotti
Giovanni Piscitello
Delia Scala
Elena Piscitello
Ernesto Almirante
Il nonnino
Aldo Silvani
Il farmacista
Miro Zonda
Miro Zonda
Il federale
Milly Vitale
Maria, the pharmacist's niece
Giovanni Grasso
Mascoli
Olinto Cristina
Sacchi
Agostino Salvietti
Fegarotta
Raniero De Cenzo
Raniero De Cenzo
Rapisarda
Carlo Sposito
Riccardo, the Baron's son
Giuseppe Nicolosi
Giuseppe Nicolosi
Cascarà
Loris Gizzi
Il Ministro
Ermanno Randi
Turi
Rosetta Calavetta
Elena (voice)
Paolo Monelli
Paolo Monelli
Sandro Ruffini
Narrator, Italian original version
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